Double stabbing in North Hills leaves man and woman hospitalized, LAPD says

NORTH HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A man and a woman were hospitalized after being stabbed Monday night inside an apartment building in North Hills, and the suspect was at large, authorities said.

Officers responded at 9:50 p.m. to reports of a stabbing in the 8900 block of Orion Avenue and Rayen Street, just east of the 405 Freeway, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said.

News video from the scene showed paramedics placing the victims, each of whom was on a stretcher, into an ambulance.

The injured man and woman were both listed in stable condition at a hospital.

A description of the suspect was not immediately available.

Whether the victims knew the assailant was unclear, the LAPD spokesperson said. The motive for the stabbings was under investigaiton.